Edition 39, March 2014
Connecting Christadelphian Young People
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The Vine is published quarterly by the Sydney Christadelphian Young People (SCYP) COORDINATOR Georgia Muir. EDITORIAL TEAM Georgia Muir, Dan Blackwood, Naomi Joseph, Martin Russell & Isaac Pogson. LAYOUT/DESIGN Isaac Pogson. MASTHEAD DESIGN Alisa Thompson. CONTRIBUTORS WRITERS (in order of appearance): Martin Russell, Betty McGonigal, Dan Blackwood, Amy Norwood, Jo Dodson, Dave Burk, Kylie Shamwah, Amaliah Muir. THANKS ALSO TO: Cecelia Muir. PHOTOGRAPHY: Naomi Joseph (pg 4, 7 & 22), Georgia Muir (pg 10) COVER PHOTOGRAPHY: Naomi Joseph The Vine is published to the Glory of our Heavenly Father, through whom all things are made possible. Opinions expressed in The Vine are the authors’ and are not neccessarily held by the Editorial Team or the SCYP.
FROM THE EDITOR Welcome to the first edition of The Vine for 2014! I hope everyone had a wonderful break. I really enjoyed the Family Conference in Melbourne at the very beginning of the year, where I got to catch up with my friends from all over Australia. We are going to be experimenting with various combinations of colour in this year’s editions! Exciting stuff. If you have any feedback or suggestions we’d love to hear from you – email us at thevine@scyp.net. I want to thank all our contributors from last year – we had some excellent articles, artwork and ideas come through. This year is looking like it’s going to be even better! If you’d like to get involved in any way email us. Have a fantastic year! Georgia
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choices contents edition 39 _ march 2014
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Choice to Believe
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The Start of My Journey of Faith
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Building Confidence in Preaching
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Parable of the Talents
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Following Christ and being changed by the experience
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SCYP February Activity Photos
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Studying Scripture
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God Cares
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Melbourne Conference 2014
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Choice To Believe “This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.” – Morpheus, Matrix (1999) Great movie – great quote. Big choice being made here! In this movie, the main character, Neo, is presented with the ultimate choice – lift the matrix from his eyes and see reality for what is really is... or just go back to what you already do. Since the movie came out, the red/blue pill has become a symbol of decision making. It’s the choice between “embracing the sometimes painful truth of reality (red pill) and the blissful ignorance of illusion (blue pill)” (Wikipedia, 2014) But of course this article isn’t about the Matrix. It’s about God, it’s about us and it’s about our choice. When we are plonked into the reality we call ‘life’, we know nothing and live in ignorance. We are slaves to our situation. For the majority of the world’s population, that is where they stay. Enslaved to a cyclical situation where they are born, they exist, they multiply and they die. There is little point, there is little reason, there is just the unanswerable question about the meaning of life. But for some unbelievably blessed people, they might encounter their own Morpheus’s. Their family, their friend, their neighbour or local preacher, might hold out the red pill for us at some particular moment in time. They present it as the answer to every burning question, the answer to every problem, the real reality of the world we live in. God offers an answer to so many burning issues: - Is there life after death? Yes, if you really want it! - Why are we here? To give glory to God! - What is God like? Merciful, gracious, longsuffering to name a few. - I can’t relate to him. He’s not human, is he? No – so read about Jesus as well. And there are so many more. We just need to take that red pill and learn the truth about love, peace, contentment and hope. Not just blindly accept what someone else is saying. That’s blue pill territory (Hos 4:6 I will destroy my people because they are ignorant. You have refused to learn, so I will refuse to let you be my priests). Red pill is all about understanding for yourself (Proverbs 25:2 the honour of kings is to search out a matter).
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So what pill have you taken? Do any of these ring true to you? Red Pill: - I like to find out stuff for myself - If someone makes a claim, I want to double check their findings - I really check my facts before I make an outrageous statement - I enjoy helpful discussion about the bible Blue Pill: - I’m a Christian only because my parents were or I’m religious because all my friends are - So many people think religion is stupid, so they must be right - Science doesn’t gel with the bible, and I can’t discount science - I’ve been a Sunday morning Christian for 30+ years - I really can’t be bothered – it’s all a bit hard and sounds stupid If any of these ring true for you, then you will understand what pill you have taken. Thankfully, dissimilar to the Matrix, we can choose again. There is no shortage of red pills for you to take, or willing Morpheuses to hand it out. You just really need to choose to take it. And for that moment, we have choice. We have the decision to make. No one can make that choice for us. The choice is ours. Red pill or blue? What do you really want? But maybe that’s not you. Maybe you’ve made your mind up already. Now I’m not too sure how far to push the link between a Hollywood movie and a flawless piece of art penned in the heavens, but here it goes. Later in the trilogy, Neo visits a character called The Oracle, and she says that he isn’t there to make this particular choice – because he’s already done that. She says he is there to understand the choice he has made. We can often lose track of the choice we have made. We remember we were utterly convinced back when we made the choice. But now our reasoning has faded. This is hard territory, as day to day life tends to wear us down, when things don’t go our way and when our chosen life seems a series of failures and disappointments. This is when we have to look at Jesus. What a man. A life focussed not on himself, but on doing God’s will because of his choice to follow the path set out before him. A life spent being perfect, while surrounding himself with imperfection. A person rejected because of his beliefs, betrayed and denied by his friends. And a person who experienced the fickle nature of humans in one week – going from a potential king riding into Jerusalem to having the crowd yell for his blood on a cross. Considering his life and sacrifice, considering his choices and example, can help us renew our resolve. His life can help us to understand our choices – which in comparison to his seem trivial. This renewal of our focus is probably why God strongly recommends we meet up regularly to remember Jesus (Rom 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind). Martin Russell 5
The Start of My Journey of Faith
By Betty McGonigal
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Whenever I am at Lakemba Ecclesia my mind goes back to my life-changing event, my baptism, on that beautiful night in March 1953, and the joy I have experienced in becoming part of such a large family in Christ.
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By Dan Blackwood Have you ever thought to yourself: "I can't preach to people. I don't know what to say!", or "I'm not confident enough" or "I don't know enough"? Then take comfort in the fact that you're not alone. A lot of the time it seems like the only place you could comfortably preach would be 3rd world countries, where the Bible isn't that well read, and there isn't a bias against it like it can appear to be amongst our nonchristian friends. And for many of us being able to go overseas and preach isn't feasible. But that doesn't have to be the end of getting confident about talking to others on what you believe. I attend Shaftesbury Rd and, as most of you know, one of Shaftes' main activities is the Sunday night Spoken English program. However, despite usually being free at the time, I used to stay away from it. How could I do any good there when the students wouldn't be able to understand me or vice versa, and even then, what could I actually say to them without driving them away? That and I'm a very introverted and shy person (let's ignore the fact that this is a public magazine article) didn't help things either. However, one Sunday I was still in the area and decided "why not". So I came along. I wasn't feeling like I could take a student or anything, so I ended up sitting in with Jake and his student Bruce (Yes, he is actually chinese). And it was fascinating. Bruce has been here for a few years, and has a good grasp of english. He hadn't come to the class to learn more English, he decided to come because his mother had decided to become a Christian and he wanted to know what it was about. Instead of spending an hour trying to go over what a noun is, we were discussing things like Bible history, science, evidence-based faith, the Promises, and all sorts of Biblerelated topics. Not only that, but as I found out, a number of the attendees to Spoken English come along primarily for the bible discussion, or have come for the English, and stayed for the Bible. If you happen to be around for a memorial at Shaftes, have a chat with our Chinese members. There are some amazing stories they could tell you of how and why they became Christos. But what I found even better for myself was that I actually knew the answers, and it was easy to give them. I went in that night expecting to sit quietly through the whole time. I'm pretty sure I ended up talking more than Jake and Bruce combined. I was remembering all sorts of things I had learnt in Sunday School and Youth Group, and it was actually helpful (to others)! I had found that there were people in my own backyard (so to speak) who I could help, and wanted my help, to learn about God. I have my own student now, and while our lessons are more concerned with the English language, we still spend a large chunk of the class discussing God and Jesus. If you're wanting to try and get your head around telling someone new about God, come and give it a go. They can always use more people, and there are more students than tutors. This article isn't just an excuse to pump up Spoken English attendance though. What about all your English-speaking friends, or people you're meeting at the start of uni/school/ tafe? You couldn't possibly say anything to them, they'd just laugh at you, right? You might be surprised. As some of you know, I spent the last 18 months re-skilling into live sound and lighting at TAFE. 8
It was interesting being back in tertiary education after being in the workforce over five years. 80% of the class was under 22, and most of them had just gotten out of school. As far as religious background went, I was to learn that it was varied. We had a Catholic, some Evangelicals, a Buddhist, and a bunch of Agnostics and Atheists. Over the duration of the course we occasionally talked religion and related subjects. While I wasn't that vocal during these discussions, I gradually built up the confidence to offer my views on subjects and why I believe what I believe. One thing I noticed was the usefulness of the uniqueness of our faith. Think about it for a moment. We're not needing to around and scream "believe what we do or BURN HEATHEN!!" - Hell isn't a problem for us. We don't need to spend time trying to explain how Jesus is man and God and all the twists and turns involved The Trinity isn't a problem for us. We care about what we do and how we behave in life because Christ died for us and we want to respond for that - Substitution and the Atonement aren't a problem for us. We've had a history of engaging with science, and we're pretty much about the only denomination whose belief system can accommodate evolution without demolishing everything else in the process - science doesn't have to be a problem for us. And if we go through what current Christian bible scholars and researchers are finding, it's that we were correct all along. We are equipped with a faith that can make sense for our peers, and they can notice. By the end of the course, I usually ended up wearing Conference and other Christo t-shirts to class and people thought it was cool. One person has said they are going to try and come to Church this year. A few of them helped out with Praise in the Park last year, and one piece of feedback I got from one of them was that they were impressed by the amount of effort we put into our church activities, despite how few in number we are. God willing we may have some more at PiP this year. Others from the class who had no religious affiliation or had previously deconverted had come up and told me they liked my approach and opinions on things. So now that I've had my ramble here, what's the take home? Or, if it looked like a massive mountain of text and you decided tldr, what's the important stuff? - There are opportunities here at home to preach. - There are people who are eager to learn about God, and you can be the perfect people to teach them. - You probably know a lot more than you think you do. - You might be scared, but you don't have to jump in the deep end. - Go to Spoken English! =) - Just because someone your age isn't religious doesn't mean they won't care what you believe. - Our faith is unique, and this is a good thing! - Our faith is useful and relevant. - Our faith can make a difference for others. Amongst all this, don't forget to chat to your friends here about it. You don't have to go it alone, and it's good to have someone to talk about stuff with. You might even be able to help them with something they are struggling with that you didn't know about, or they can help strengthen you. And remember - because of your actions, another person could be around to share the kingdom with you, and that's pretty awesome. 9
Parable of the Talents/Three Servants Matthew 25 v 14 - 30 In this parable there are three servants and their master. The master goes on a journey and gives his servants a certain amount of talents (money) each that reflect their abilities. The master goes away and comes back after a while and calls on his servants to give back his money. The servant who was given five talents had earned five talents more and the master praised him and welcomed the servant into his house. The servant who was given two talents had earned two more and was praised and welcomed as well. The servant who had been given one talent had hidden his money away and when he showed it to his master he explained why he did so: “Master, I knew that you are a hard man… So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground” (verses 24-25). He was scolded and sent out from the master’s house and the one talent was given to the servant who already had ten talents. I think this parable tells us that we get what we put in. In other words, if we work hard, then we will be rewarded for it, if we don’t work hard or don’t work at all then we will be punished for it. It teaches us that we aren’t all equal, we are different to each other whether it be by our abilities, our looks, how much money we have, what we wear or eat, our morals etc. We work for God, not for ourselves. The servant who was given one talent didn’t waste the talent given to him, he wasted the opportunity to earn more talents and please his master. We can take a few things away from this parable to use in our world today. These things are: Remember that everyone is different to each other and that’s okay. Doing our personal best is what is important, not giving up because we can’t be the best. We should use our strengths and talents to praise and glorify God. That way we improve on our skills and talents. Don’t waste the opportunities you are given, make the best of them. Amy Norwood 10
Following Christ and being changed by the experience The twelve disciples would have had to make many choices throughout their ministry with Christ. These would have included: whether to join Christ in his journey of preaching the gospel, how best to help people in need and how to wisely use their spirit gifts. However, I briefly want to consider something that resonates strongly with me, having just returned from a preaching trip to Cambodia. One of the main challenges I think the disciples would have faced is: whether or not to let their missionary journeys affect their personal life? They could have easily walked around with a very thick skin while preaching, impervious to the needs of others, or it could have changed their thinking and impacted their lives. Did it change them? We cannot know for certain to what extent it changed them, however we know they had difficulties with human nature just like we do. This question also arises for us when we travel overseas and preach the Gospel. Whilst I was in Cambodia I saw many things that really made my heart melt. The living conditions, the lack of food, the corruption of the government and the police were all eye openers and not to mention the horrors that happened under the direction of Pol Pot. But the thing that got me the most was how happy they all were even
though they had hardly anything. Just walking down the street and having everyone you pass smile and say hello was an experience I will never forget. However like the disciples we also have to make a decision, whether we let that experience change our lives or if we just come home and forget all about it. We are not expected to change our whole lives and live like our brothers and sisters in Cambodia, however what we can do is change our attitude for the better. My goal personally was to not complain about the food that was given to me whilst there are others in the world who only have 1 meal, if that, a day. Seeing the living conditions of other brethren and sisters in the world was a real blessing because if you let that experience change your life it will help you be a more grateful person and also realise how even with so little, the word of God blossoms. So the question still remains: did the disciples choose to let their missionary journey affect their way of thinking and way of living or did they just let everything brush over them? We have to ask the same about ourselves and make sure that when Christ returns he can say to us all, “‘well done good and faithful servants’, when I look at you I see myself shining out.” Jo Dodson 11
SCYP February Activity:
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Studying Scripture
with Dave Burke
Recommended Resources If we want to get the best out of Bible study we need to use the right tools. Choosing these tools involves a two-step process: (a) identifying appropriate tools for a specific purpose, and (b) identifying the best quality tools for that purpose. This article will provide a list of recommended resources for various aspects of Bible study.
Ancient Languages:—use a Lexicon Interpretation sometimes requires us to check the meaning of a word in its original Hebrew or Greek. Since most of us have no knowledge of these languages we need to consult specialised reference books called lexicons. A lexicon is a dictionary. In the field of biblical studies, lexicons typically provide definitions for words in Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek. Hard-copy lexicons often require some knowledge of the original languages. Software lexicons assist the reader with automated searches. I recommend the following lexicons: - Louw & Nida, Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains, 1989 - Swanson, Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains (Hebrew/Greek/Aramaic), 2001 You may be tempted to use a concordance instead. This is a mistake; concordances are not translation tools and will not improve your understanding of the text.
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Ancient Times, Peoples, and Places:—use a Bible Dictionary A Bible dictionary provides detailed articles on Bible-related subjects. It is particularly useful for researching names, places, ethnic groups, historical events, and socio-cultural details from the biblical era. I recommend the following Bible dictionaries: - Alexander & Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, 2000 - Elwell & Beitzel, Baker Encyclopaedia of the Bible, 1988 - Evans & Porter, Dictionary of New Testament Background, 2000 - Myers, The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary, 1987 - Ryken, et al., Dictionary of Biblical Imagery, 2000 - Wood, et al., New Bible Dictionary, 1996
Interpretation:—use a Commentary A commentary is a book (or series of books) that discusses the biblical text. Use of commentaries can greatly improve biblical knowledge and exegetical technique. The function of a commentary is to inform your understanding. It is a study aid, not a study substitute. I recommend the following commentaries: - Carson, et al., New Bible Commentary, 1994 - Smith, Old Testament Survey Series, 1993 - Utley, Bible Lessons International, 1997-2004 - Walton, Matthews & Chavalas, IVP Background Commentary: Old/New Testament, 2000 - Wiseman & Morris, Tyndale Commentaries, 2000 Using a commentary requires patience and discretion. Before you even pick up a commentary, read the passage thoroughly several times. Keep an open mind about its meaning, because your current understanding might be wrong. Select a commentary appropriate for your subject and area of focus. Prefer commentaries with multiple authors. Ensure the authors are suitably qualified. Reject commentaries which lack proper referencing and extensive bibliographies. The best commentaries examine Scripture in context, not verse by verse. Consult at least three different commentaries. Beware of theological bias— your own as well as the commentators’. Reach your conclusion objectively. The best interpretation is the one most consistent with the evidence.
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Early Christian History & Theology:—use Professional Scholarship Christianity changed rapidly and radically after the death of the apostles. A basic knowledge of early Christian history will greatly improve your understanding of these doctrinal and ecclesiastical developments, and the influences that drove them. I recommend the following works on early Christian history and its doctrines: - Bercot, A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, 1998 - Chadwick, The Early Church, 1993 - Davidson, The Birth of the Church, 2005 - Dunn, Did the First Christians Worship Jesus?, 2010 - Frend, The Early Church: From the beginnings to 461, 1982 - Hall, Doctrine and Practice in the Early Church, 2011 - Pelikan, Credo, 2005 - Rubenstein, When Jesus Became God, 2000 - Williams, Arius: Heresy and Tradition, 2009 Most disputes of the early Christian era concerned the nature and identity of Jesus Christ. They occurred within the context of intense cultural, political and theological conflict over a period of several centuries. The doctrine of the Trinity was a byproduct of these debates, reaching its final form in the 5th Century AD.
Social & Historical Background:— use Professional Scholarship The inspired writers produced ‘high context’ literature in which cultural knowledge is frequently assumed. The gulf between their knowledge and ours has serious implications for interpretation. To bridge this gap we need resources that explain the world of the Ancient Near East as the Bible’s original audience perceived and experienced it. I recommend the following works on the social and historical background of the Biblical era. - DeSilva, Honour, Patronage, Kinship & Purity, 2000 - Fox, Pagans and Christians, 2006. - Hall, Beyond Culture, 1976 - Pilch, A Cultural Handbook to the Bible, 2012 - Walton, Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament, 2006
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Exegesis:—use Professional Scholarship Exegesis is the process of drawing out an interpretation from the text. This involves a careful examination of language, genre and context. There are many books which can show you the best ways to develop a reliable approach to interpreting Scripture. Your aim should be to learn the author’s intended message to his original audience. I recommend the following books, which provide guidance and insight into the language and process of biblical interpretation: - Carson, Exegetical Fallacies, 1996 - DeMoss, Pocket Dictionary for the Study of New Testament Greek, 2001 - Grenz, Guretzki & Nordling, Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms, 1999 - Kaiser & Silva, An Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics, 2007 - Klein, Blomber, & Hubbard, Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, 2004 - Patzia & Petrotta, Pocket Dictionary of Biblical Studies, 2002
Apologetics:—use Professional Scholarship & Christadelphian Works Apologetics (from the Greek apologia, ‘speaking in defence’) is the rational defence of Christianity involving the justification of Christian claims in response to non-Christian critiques. I recommend the following books, which will help you to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for effective apologetics: - Burke, Living on the Edge, 2014 - Evans, Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics & Philosophy of Religion, 2002 - Habermas & Licona, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, 2004 - Jones, The Universe Upstairs, 1991 - Koukl, Tactics, 2009 - McGrath & McGrath, The Dawkins Delusion, 2007 - Numbers, et al., Galileo Goes to Jail, 2009 The first of these books—Living on the Edge—was written by Bro. Jonathan Burke. If you are interested in purchasing a copy you can contact him at this Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LOTE.book
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God Cares. When we read the New Testament, we may feel a little depressed that we may not be able to see such evident activities of the Spirit of God as the raising of the dead or healing the sick. How comforting to notice that even when such miracles were happening, God still worked in more subtle ways as well to move His people along in the direction He wanted them to go. He may do the same to you, if you ask. Peter had trouble accepting that Gentiles could be accepted as God’s people, and we remember that he was given a vision of a sheet loaded with unclean animals and told to go against his upbringing and eat them. But there were other, less evidently miraculous events also in Peter’s path. He was staying at Joppa - he, Simon “Son of Jonah”, and Joppa was the very seaside town from which Jonah had fled rather than risk Gentile acceptance!
Peter was also in the house of a man of the same name as himself, but a “tanner”. Tanning was an objectionable trade dealing with dead animals, whose carcases may have been tossed into the ocean. Peter had just raised Dorcas, famous for her good works, when he got called to the house of the gentile Cornelius, who was famous for the same thing. As well as the openly miraculous, these subtle signals were steering Peter along the way God wanted Peter to go. Done in a way which had Peter's understanding, not just feeling forced. That is kindness. 20 Kylie Shamwah
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The teenage activities were really fun. The first night we had a “Bring out your inner child” night. We had to dress up as something that we wanted to be when we were 6. Some people came as fairies, someone came as Oliver Wood from Harry Potter. People came as all sorts of things. The second night we had two drummers come and teach us some African drumming. It was really interesting to learn about how some tribes in Africa communicate. There were opportunities to get up and dance to the drums. Tuesday night was a line dancing night and we all dressed up as cowboys and cowgirls. The next night, Wednesday night, was an open mic night. Lots of talented people performed. My favourite act was Tom Peel. He sang a song called 'Sometimes I Want Bad Things to Happen'. The last night of activities we had a pool party. Saturday night was the Conference musical night. The musical was called “A Time to Hear”. It was a very good musical. The costumes and the sets were really cool. All up it was a really AWESOME week. It was good to meet old friends and make new ones. I really enjoyed myself. Can’t wait till Sydney Conference in 2016!! :D Amaliah Muir
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